As Seen On TV: Life-Saving Transplants

Oct. 20, 2008— -- The Alliance for Paired Donation is a nonprofit organization that created the first-ever chain of kidney transplants between strangers, matching donors with compatible recipients. This is an attempt to shorten the waiting time for kidney transplant patients -- a potential donor who wants to give a kidney to a friend or loved one, but is not a biological match, is paired with a suitable recipient.